Five-finger writing

"Five fingers according to the physiological function, perform their duties, from each according to his ability, unity of opposites in the pen tube. Ingeniously and naturally touch the pen tube at the first knuckle end of the pen on _ _, _ _, middle finger and ring finger. When the jaw opens, the finger joints will naturally curl, forming "palm deficiency". When the palm is empty, the muscles and bones will relax, writing will be easy and natural, and you can be flexible with a pen. " -Quoted from Baidu Encyclopedia.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the five-finger brushwork replaced the three-finger brushwork and the two-finger brushwork. The wrist can be straightened directly, the pen naturally hangs in your hand, and the nib can just face the desktop. The five-finger pen-holding method emphasizes that the pen should be strong and the palm should be empty. When using a pen, your wrist should be flat, but your palm should be straight. Calligraphers such as Yu Youren, Qi Baishi and Qi Gong all used five-finger writing without exception.

Of course, we don't need to use only one brushwork, but we should bravely jump out of the box and use a posture that suits our writing habits. No matter what kind of writing method, it is to make writing more free and the written words look better.